Samuel Beckett Quotes


Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy.


Citations

Beckett, Samuel. Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable. Grove Press, 1958, p. 182.

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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
  • Born: April 13, 1906
  • Died: December 22, 1989
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Theatre Director, Essayist

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, he wrote in both French and English.